Self-Employment For People With Disabilities

The federal Department of Labor (DOL) START-UP entrepreneurship pilot program in three states for individuals with disabilities helped 24% of the 194 participants become self-employed. This report was released in December 2013 by the DOL Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). ODEP launched the Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Resources, and Training (START-UP) self-employment program in 2007; it ran through 2010. Four cooperative agreements were awarded to three state or local projects and one national project. The three state projects were to research, test, and evaluate innovative models of self-employment service delivery to determine if the . . .